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ACONTIA LUCTUOSA. 
FOUR-SPOTTED MOTII. 
Plate LXVII. Figure 12. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, Stoats Nest 
Surrey, Torquay, Cambridge, Lower Guiting, Lewes, and 
between Croydon and Sanderstead. 
The situations where it is found are chalky districts. 
The perfect insect appears in June, July, and August. 
The caterpillar is reddish grey streaked and marbled 
with brown ; a black spot on the fifth, sixth, seventh, and 
eighth segments. It has sixteen legs. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
May and June. 
It feeds on the convolvulus (Convolvulus mawr and 
minor). 
The chrysalis is enclosed in a cocoon of earth. 
The moth flies in the sunshine. 
ACONTIA ALBICOLLIS. 
ROSY MARBLE. 
Plate LXYIII. Figure 1. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, Dover. 
The situations where it is found are clover fields. 
The perfect insect appears in August; August 25. 
The moth flies in the sunshine. 
